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dangillmor, 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to random

Meet "history’s latest example of someone trying to rise to power through hate" -- https://1ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Felections%2F2024%2F03%2F02%2Fmark-robinson-governor-candidate-north-carolina-offensive-comments%2F

GottaLaff, 3 months ago to random

The U.S. Air Force Central Command completed its first airdrop of 66 food pallets, holding roughly 38,000 meals, in #Gaza this morning using three C130 aircrafts, officials told NBC News.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/live-blog/israel-hamas-war-live-updates-rcna141493

RickiTarr, 3 months ago to random

I've noticed an increase in mean/rude behavior towards the people in my comments sections lately, and I'm going to start putting my foot down about it. So, here's a guide:

It is totally okay to correct misinformation, but there is a way to do it.

1. Make sure your information is actually correct, and you have valid links supporting your argument.

2. Calling people or their thoughts stupid or any other similar thing is not okay, no one knows everything, and acceptable terms change frequently, so please keep this in mind.

3. Treat people how you would like to be treated if you were incorrect or misinformed about something. Assume the best about people, and let them prove themselves one way or another.

4. A private message to the person directly is usually a much better tactic than calling them out publicly, and embarrassing them.

Opinions are not facts, telling someone they are wrong about things like, food they eat, music they listen to, or movies they watch is ridiculous. This is about individual preference, and has nothing to do with facts. Your own take a certain topic might be better to do on your personal account, than just tacking it on to someone else's. Some fun joking around is fine, as long as everyone understands that is what it is.

Violating anyone's civil rights is wrong, whether we like them or not.

Talking negatively about the way someone looks or anything else they can't help, even if we don't like what they do, is also wrong. Let's not become they thing we are fighting against.

Make sure what you're reading isn't satire/sarcasm/humor, and check the context, sometimes you might be reading a comment in a long line of comments.

Nuance in text is infamously hard to understand sometimes, misunderstandings are incredibly common, people have different ways of speaking and reacting, and I definitely understand that, but if someone tells you that what you're saying is not welcome or applicable to what they are posting on their personal account, it's probably for the best to just back off. Yes, you have the right to free speech, but they also have the right to set Boundaries in their personal space. If you don't enjoy their content, and they aren't violating any rules, it would be best just to block them.

Obviously, none of this applies to sexism, racism, LGBTQ+phobia, body shamers, and ableists, but even in that situation, sometimes it's better just to block and report than engage. The quickest way to stop poison is to get rid of the poison. People change their own minds, you can't do it for them.

Just don't be a dick, I love posting here, and want it to be a positive experience for everyone who interacts with my posts. I'd also like maintain a certain amount of my own mental health. So, if you insist on continuing rude and harassing behavior, I will be forced to block you.

taylorlorenz, 3 months ago to random

This is great news Mehdi is a fantastic journalist https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2024/02/28/mehdi-hasan-new-site-zeteo-msnbc/

StillIRise1963, 3 months ago to random

Black people make up 14.4% of the American population. We can't vote away white supremacy and FASCISM. ONLY WHITE PEOPLE CAN DO THAT.

GottaLaff, 3 months ago to random

🤨”Marianne Williamson announced she is unsuspending her Democratic presidential campaign.

In a statement, released the day after the Michigan primary in which a sizable amount of Democratic voters selected "uncommitted" ..Williamson pointed to what she said was the president's vulnerability in a general election..”

https://www.cnn.com/webview/politics/live-news/michigan-primary-02-27-24/h_65b4f95352c58db5315096872a2a3632?cid=ios_app

dangillmor, 3 months ago to random

I think what annoys me most about the "AI" products is that they use the first-person singular.

Until there is provable sentience, and we're a long way from that, the word "I" should not be part of the software's vocabulary.

GottaLaff, 3 months ago to random

#WompWomp

Via Lisa Rubin:

Important for folks to understand that the entire judgment (not just the parts #Trump himself’s on the hook for) keeps generating interest each day at 9 percent annually.

NY AG James
@NewYorkStateAG:
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+$114,553.04 = $464,805,336.70

RickiTarr, 3 months ago to random

It will always blow my mind that Fundies use the Bible to explain why women should be submissive uneducated stay at home baby machines, while the Bible's own description of the "Perfect" woman is a Land owning female boss who is praised by her husband and her city for her contributions.

elonjet, 3 months ago to random

Landed near Bedford, Massachusetts, United States. Apx. flt. time 3 h.

shoq, 3 months ago to random

Splendidly efficient letter to the editor of the Washington Post criticizing their ruinously misdirected Trump coverage. Pass it on. #ThePressIsTheProblem

cc @dangillmor @jayrosen_nyu

futurebird, 3 months ago to random

My husband keeps saying the mourning doves who live on our air conditioner have a "sweet" and "lovely" song and I whisper "don't say that you'll hurt their feelings, you need to say that it's a very intimidating song only a HUGE powerful dove could make ... AND say you are scared to go over there because of the probably terrifying dove and their fearsome song."

But he won't take this seriously for some reason & I think they know.

(I think you are scary little doves. Don't worry. )

tess, 3 months ago to random

AI is biased because reality is biased.

ML gives you a picture of the world as it is - or rather the subset of the world in its training data, the selection and labeling of which also introduces bias.

All ML can ever do, therefore, is reproduce existing biases; it does this automatically and by default.

ML can never be made unbiased because you would have to account for every structural inequality specifically. At that point you might as well just have a person do it.

TonyStark, 3 months ago to random

WaPo/George Will: 'Why we need to fire the first Asian-African American woman Vice President and former U.S Senator and California Attorney General because as an old conservative white guy, I’m grasping at straws.'

Holy crap, what a take.

JoshuaHolland, 3 months ago to random

Thankfully, most Dems are capable of grasping that an incumbent who advanced major pieces of his party’s agenda through a 50-50 Senate is gonna be the nominee and all this blather is a potentially damaging distraction from the task of beating the unhinged autocrat they’re running against. #Election2024

https://www.ft.com/content/21c8ab0e-af39-4ff5-b0da-9ac610fe746f

Gustodon, 3 months ago to random

It's obscene that someone's religious beliefs can affect someone else's ability to access medical technology.

#FourthWorldNation

GottaLaff, 3 months ago to random

This. Was excellent.

“Pundits suggest replacing President Biden as the Democratic nominee because they don’t understand the job of the presidency or how conventions work. Lawrence O’Donnell gives a history lesson in governing in the age of television.”

https://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/lawrence-on-what-they-don-t-tell-you-about-the-dump-biden-fantasy-204684869613